I was searching to add new blood to the herd and after an extensive search, I decided on this young man from Debbie Emholtz's herd. I have long admired the Jacob's Pride animals for their tremendous breed character, extreme dairyness, correct well attached mammaries and milk production. I never imagined that we would actually ever ship an animal such a distance -- site unseen! After many, many weeks of waiting, our buck arrived! He was everything I had imagined and more! Since we had referred to him as "the new Arizona buck" for so many weeks, the name Arizona seemed appropriate! Arizona walked into the barnyard and staked his claim. Then the unbelievable happened, our old girl Cori (who has always HATED buck kids!) fell in love with the handsome boy from the desert! I was delighted to see Cori bred to Arizona! I know that such an outcross is risky business in the Nubian world, but it is a risk worth taking in my opinion. At least, Cori agreed with me!
Arizona's dam, Excelente, is strong in general appearance and smoothness of blending. She also exhibits strong feet/legs with a well attached mammary, and lovely breed character. Excelente was the 2005 INBA All American Jr Kid and has been 2xGCH, 2xRGCH and 1xBDIS. She is truly a lovely doe and I am delighted to add her son to our little herd.
We are delighted with our Arizona boy and we are even more pleased to see his gorgeous daughters this spring!!!!
Two daughters have freshened so far and we are quite impressed with their mammary systems. Very strong udders, with great fore udders and lovely, soft udder texture!!!